Marcy Kaptur

Marcy Kaptur (17 June 1946-) was a member of the US House of Representatives (D-OH 9) from 3 January 1983, succeeding Ed Weber.

Biography
Marcy Kaptur was born in Toledo, Ohio in 1946, and she served on the Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions from 1969 to 1975, as Director of Planning for the National Center for Urban Ethnic Affairs from 1975 to 1977, and as a domestic policy advisor under President Jimmy Carter. In 1982, she was elected to the US House of Representatives, and she successfully pushed for a World War II memorial to be built in Washington DC in 2004. She was a member of the Progressive Democrats.